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Hammond, Joan Hood (1912 - 1996)

Dame, DBE, CMG, CBE, OBE
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Singer and Teacher
Born: 24 May 1912  Christchurch, New Zealand.  Died: 26 November 1996.

Joan Hammond was appointed DBE 1974, CMG 1972, CBE 1963, OBE 1953. She received the Sir Charles Santley award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, London 1970, ‘Musician of the Year’. In 1988 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Recording for the Australasian Sound Recording Association, in 1994.


Career Highlights
The daughter of Samuel and Hilda (née Blandford) Hammond, Joan Hammond who was educated at Presbyterian Ladies College, Pymble New South Wales, established an early interest in sports. An expert swimmer during her teens Hammond, transferred to the sport of golf. She won the women's state golf championship for New South Wales in 1932, 1934, 1935 and the junior championship in 1929.

Hammond also played violin for three years with the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra before studying singing in Vienna in 1936. She returned to Australia for concert tours in 1946, 1949 and 1953, and completed world concert tours between 1946 and 1961. After retiring in 1965, Hammond became artistic director of the Victoria Opera Company (1971-1976) and was then head of vocal studies and vocal consultant at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1975 to 1992. Her autobiography A voice, a life was published in 1970.

 
Sources used to compile this entry: 1000 Famous Australians, Who’s Who of Australian Women and Who’s Who in Australia 1996.
 
Published Resources

Books

  • Hammond, Joan, Dame, A voice, a life : autobiography, Gollancz, London, 1970, 264 pp. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

See also

  • 1000 Famous Australians, Rigby, 1978, 368 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Macklin, Robert, 100 great Australians, Currey O'Neil Ross, South Yarra, Vic., 1983, 248 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Sharpe, Neill (Researcher) (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1996, 32 edn, Information Australia Group Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1995, 1720 pp. [ Details... ]

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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Anne Heywood
Created: 24 April 2002
Modified: 16 June 2004

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 16 June 2006
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